Crown to Build Beverage Can Plant in Casablanca, Morocco

PHILADELPHIA, June 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK) (Crown) (https://www.crowncork.com) announces the construction of a new beverage can plant on its existing food can manufacturing site in Casablanca, Morocco.

Operational in late 2009, the plant will produce aluminum beverage cans with an initial capacity of 700 million cans a year. The facility is being designed to accommodate the future installation of additional production lines as market demand grows. This investment is part of the Company's 2009 capital program.

The new beverage plant in Casablanca will expand Crown's well-established presence in Morocco. Crown subsidiary Carnaud Maroc S.A. is the market leader for fish and vegetable cans, paint cans and crown closures. Founded more than 70 years ago, Carnaud Maroc operates one large plant in Casablanca, and will open a second plant in Agadir in August of this year.

About Crown Holdings, Inc.

Crown Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiaries, is a leading supplier of packaging products to consumer marketing companies around the world. World headquarters are located in Philadelphia, PA. For more information, visit https://www.crowncork.com.

For more information, contact:

In Europe:
Caroline Archer-Reed
Marketing Director
Tel: +33 1 49 18 40 43
Email: caroline.archer-reed@eur.crowncork.com

In the United States:
Ron Skotleski
Director of Marketing, CROWN Beverage Packaging
Tel: (215) 718-1303
Email: ron.skotleski@crowncork.com.

For editorial inquiries:
Thomas T. Fischer
Vice President, Investor Relations and Corporate Affairs
Tel: (215) 698-5051
Email: thomas.fischer@crowncork.com

For investors:
Timothy J. Donahue
Senior Vice President - Finance
(215) 698-5088

SOURCE: Crown Holdings, Inc.

Web site: http://www.crowncork.com